SAME SPOILER WARNING AS PREVIOUS CHAPTERS

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Later that night, everyone was back at the Manor saying their goodbyes to Big Chris and Big Wyatt. Grams and Patty had already farewelled the boys because they had something to organise and would be back later.

"Are you sure you won't stay a little longer?" Piper asked.

"No Mum, we've got our lives to get back to, and so do you." Wyatt said. She gave him a long hug.

"Just remember, if you get back to the future and it's not right, then use the potions you have to come back, okay." Piper said to Chris as she also gave him a long hug.

"Okay, Mum. It's been really great to see you, and getting to know you. I love you." Chris said tenderly.

Piper finally let go of Chris and then let them both move onto Leo, having already said their goodbyes to Phoebe and Paige.

"We cannot thank you enough for coming here and saving our lives. We owe you everything." Piper said to both of them.

The boys threw the potion at the wall, and within seconds they were walking through, and back to their better future.

"Well, I suppose that's that." Paige said, as she turned to leave the attic.

Just then the front doorbell rang.

"That'll be Daryl, he called to say he was coming over for some reason." Phoebe said.

They all started to follow Paige down the stairs. Piper, though, stood in the attic by herself for a few moments looking at the attic wall, thinking about what Big Chris and Big Wyatt would be doing, and hoping that everything was okay. She sighed and then turned to follow the others, but stopped when she heard the portal open up again.

"Oh no!" She exclaimed. "Not again!"

But instead of a person coming through, something was thrown through instead. The portal closed behind it.

She ran to pick it up. It was an envelope that had been wrapped around a rock. She looked at the envelope and noticed it was marked "MUM".

She opened it and found a photo. She looked at the photo and realised it was a family photo from the future. Chris was sitting in front of a birthday cake with a big 21 on it. He had his arm around a girl sitting next him, and she was not Bianca. Behind him were her and Leo, and next to them was Wyatt and another girl, whom he also had his arm around. Next to Wyatt was Paige with Brody and two young people she didn't recognise. She wondered if they were Paige's children. On the other side was Phoebe and Michael, the father of Paige's charge, Katelyn.

"Wow, that's why Wyatt must have thought he looked familiar." Piper said to herself. Katelyn was also there with another person Piper didn't recognise, but guessed that she must have been Phoebe's daughter. Piper couldn't help but notice that everyone in the photo seemed very happy. She looked on the back of the photo, and saw there was a message.

"I knew that Michael looked familiar! Just thought you might like a glimpse of the future. Everything's great. Love Wyatt and Chris XXXX"

Piper had tears in her eyes, as she carefully put the photo back in the envelope and put it safely in her pocket. She then turned to head downstairs.

She arrived to see everyone talking in the front hall near the door. She took Baby Chris from Phoebe, who was holding him. Leo was holding Baby Wyatt.

"Daryl's just come to say goodbye." Phoebe told her.

"Goodbye? What do you mean?" Piper asked.

"I'm sorry, you know how much you girls mean to me." Darryl said to Piper. "But, I just can't do this anymore. Sheridan is all over me, and she's talking about Homeland Security again. She just won't leave you alone, and so, I've asked for a transfer."

"Oh, Daryl, you can't do that, your whole family is here." Piper said to him.

"I know, but everyone in my immediate family is suffering because of this. I'm just so stressed all the time I can't do it anymore. I'm taking leave from tomorrow, so I've just come to say goodbye."

The girls reluctantly said their goodbyes, and walked out the front of the Manor and watched as Darryl drove away.

They turned to walk back in the house, but were confronted by Sandra, the only Elder they had been communicating with in recent times.

"Hello everyone." Sandra said to them. "I can see that you're all having a bit of family time so I'll get to the point. I know we're not very popular with you at the moment, but the other Elders and I would like to show our appreciation for vanquishing Zankou. We would like to offer you something special, within reason of course."

"What do you mean?" Phoebe asked.

"Is there something that we could do for you as sort of a peace offering? As a thank you for everything you've done and continue to do for the magical community. For instance give Leo his powers back?"

"Actually I'm happy the way I am." Leo said before anyone could agree to her offer.

Piper looked back at the road where they had just said goodbye to Darryl and then turned back to Sandra. "There is something I would like to suggest." Piper said as everyone looked at her. "Darryl has been affected badly by our magical lives, and he shouldn't be the one suffering for our mistakes. I would like you to get the Cleaners to erase us from his and Sheridan's memory and erase us from all the police investigations. In fact I would like you to erase all knowledge of magic from Darryl's and Sheila's memory."

"That's a great idea." Phoebe agreed.

"That's what I want too." Paige said.

"Convincing the Cleaners to do that, may not be that easy." Sandra warned them.

"You know you can do it. Just say yes." Piper said to her.

Sandra paused, as it appeared she was getting a message from the other Elders. "It is done." She said.

"Already?" Piper asked.

"The cleaners are very efficient." Sandra said. "Thank you all once again." She then orbed out.

Leo, who was closest to the front door, walked inside, followed by Paige and Phoebe. Piper was still outside holding Chris when she heard Grams call out from the Sitting Room, "Come here girls, I have a surprise for you."

The next thing she heard was Phoebe exclaim, "Oh my God! Prue!"

Piper could not believe what she was hearing and immediately rushed inside to see her deceased sister. She was so excited that she forgot to close the door behind her.

After she walked inside, Baby Chris, who was peering over her shoulder, saw that the front door had been left open. Nobody noticed as the Baby version of the very pretty Big Chris, lifted up his cute little hand, and with his telekinetic power, made the door close in one easy motion.

Happy family sounds could be heard from the Halliwell household that night, as each of the girls were finally ready to be reunited with Prue and begin a whole new chapter in their lives.

Phoebe finally learning to open her heart and love again.

Paige realising her social worker skills had helped her find her true calling in life as not only a Charmed One, but also a Whitelighter.

And Piper finally understanding that the normal life she had been wanting for the past seven years had been with her all along. A magical life as a witch, with her devoted husband Leo, and her two very special sons.

THE END

I hope you have enjoyed readingmy idea for this series last episode. It has only taken me a few days to write the whole story, because I am an impatient writer who wants to get it all down on paper before I forget it. As a result, I tend to not be too descriptive, and I also run out of ways to say "she said". I did not intend to write another story after my last one, but when I got this idea I couldn't rest until it was done. I also just wanted to show how easy it would have been to write Big Chris and Big Wyatt intothe finalepisode, without taking the focus off the sisters. I hope Iacheived that.

Thank you to everyone who has been taking the time to write a review, I very much enjoy reading them and appreciate you doing them.